TRENDS IN YOUTH OPINION: As John Judis and Ruy Teixera recently argued in the Prospect “Generation Y” voters are trending heavily progressive. A New York Times/CBS News/MTV poll released a few days ago would seem to support their contention. A few highlights from the Times article: Young Americans appear to lean slightly more to the […]
Ben Adler
Ben Adler is a senior editor at City & State NY. He previously worked for Politico, The Nation, and Reuters, and he has written for The Washington Post and The New Republic, among other publications.
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SLIVER OF AUTONOMY FOR D.C.
SLIVER OF AUTONOMY FOR D.C. I recently reported on the bill in Congress to give Washington, D.C. a voting representative in Congress. Advocates of D.C. voting rights note that, for the past nine years, Congress has prevented D.C. from having a needle-exchange program, and point to this as one of the biggest indignities that D.C. […]
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GIULIANI MYTHOLOGY:
GIULIANI MYTHOLOGY: Dana‘s piece today on the second-tier Democrats policy proposals is very informative. In particular I think the section on drug and crime policy reform highlights a serious injustice that should be on the agenda of mainstream Democrats and, lamentably, is not. But I do have a nit to pick with this little bit […]
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BLOOMBERG’S CANDIDACY IS BLOSSOMING:
BLOOMBERG’S CANDIDACY IS BLOSSOMING: So New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg just announced he’s leaving the Republican Party and registering as Independent. Funny how his announcement makes no mention of why he’s leaving the Republican Party, he simply touts his achievements and attributes them to over-coming partisanship. If Bloomberg didn’t suddenly discover that his supposed commitment […]
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HACKISH CONSERVATIVE THINK TANKS:
HACKISH CONSERVATIVE THINK TANKS: I agree with Ezra that Heritage is the most hackish of the Big Three conservative think tanks in Washington (AEI has some non-ideologues and Cato is honest about how ideological they are.) But I think it should be added that outside Washington reside some pretty shameful rightwing think tanks as well. […]
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Suburban Cowboys
As smart growth gains ground among academics and activists, conservatives are whipping themselves up into a frenzy over the perils of what they term “anti-sprawl policy.”
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BROWNBACK’S PATHETIC ATTEMPT AT MODERATION.
BROWNBACK’S PATHETIC ATTEMPT AT MODERATION. Poor Sam Brownback. Like so many conservative leaders, he has to struggle with appeasing the flat-earth wing of his base while attempting to maintain some intellectual credibility. And for anyone in that position, there is no right answer to the question of whether you believe in evolution. Apparently realizing that […]
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WILD MISREPRESENTATION:
WILD MISREPRESENTATION: Following up on Scott’s incisive takedown of Reihan Salam‘s recent piece in Slate, I’d just like to point out that Salam egregiously misrepresents a great piece by Michael Kinsley. Salam writes: Two years before Fletch infected movie theaters nationwide, Michael Kinsley boasted in Harper’s that he was a reverse-snob: Not only did he […]
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STOP SUCKING UP TO THE GENERALS:
STOP SUCKING UP TO THE GENERALS: Back in November I argued in TAP that progressives would be well-advised to stop trumpeting every general who opposes the Iraq War, as it subverts civilian control of the military, and sets a precedent we may one day regret. In the new Washington Monthly, Iraq veteran Melissa Tryon makes […]
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A MINOR VICTORY:
A MINOR VICTORY: An important, but oft-neglected, frontier in the fight for civil rights is disability issues. But as the New York Times reported yesterday, Monday’s Supreme Court decision to allow the families of students with disabilities to represent themselves when challenging their school district’s plan for educating their child is a major step forward. […]